Guns N' Roses - Birmingham, England 26.05.2012

GUNS N' ROSES - NEC, Birmingham, England 2012-05-26

Tracks

DISC 1

101 Splitting The Atom intro
102 Chinese Democracy
103 Welcome To The Jungle
104 It's So Easy
105 Mr Brownstone
106 Sorry
107 Rocket Queen
108 Estranged
109 Better
110 Richard Fortus Guitar Solo
111 Live And Let Die
112 This I Love
113 Motivation (Tommy Stinson vocals)
114 Baba o'Riley (Dizzy Reed Solo)

DISC 2

215 Street Of Dreams
216 You Could Be Mine
217 DJ Ashba Guitar Solo
218 Sweet Child o' Mine
219 Another Brick In The Wall Pt 2
220 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Axl Piano Solo)
221 November Rain
222 Glad To Be Here (Bumblefoot vocals)
223 Don't Cry
224 Civil War
225 Knockin' On Heaven's Door
226 Nightrain

DISC 3 (Encores)

327 Instrumental Jam
328 Madagascar
329 Whole Lotta Rosie
330 Richard Fortus and Bumblefoot Acoustic Jam
331 Patience
332 Instrumental Jam #2
333 Paradise City
334 Thank You and Good Night

LINE-UP

Axl Rose - vocals, piano
DJ Ashba - guitar
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal - guitar, backing vocals
Richard Fortus - guitar, backing vocals
Tommy Stinson - bass, backing vocals
Dizzy Reed - keyboards, bongos
Chris Pitman - keyboards
Frank Ferrer - drums

ARTWORK

To follow

SOURCE

Zoom H2 (internal mics, low gain) > Goldwave (volume boost and track splits) > FLAC 4 > MP3

NOTES

Surprised there haven't been more of the gigs from this tour on dime (eighth on the tour, only Moscow showing so far).

Well, to paraphrase the sayings of the legendary Mark and Lard - two hours of great music crammed into a three hour set! I had a fear that the set would be bloated and indulgent, and Axl didn't let me down.

The two out of three is a reasonable rule of thumb. The classic songs were simply superb; but SIX (count them) solos as a token gesture towards Axl democracy? Avoid AT ALL COSTS the Tommy Stinson, Dizzy Lee, Bumblefoot and Axl solos - all are absolute tripe deserving no place on a concert setlist for professional musicians. Richard Fortus's and DJ Ashba's solos, while unnecessary, are entertaining enough.

So, three hours of music, you may (I would recommend) choose to skip through some, but don't write the band off, when they rock, they really rock. Not that great a spectacle to watch, I'm afraid: in particular, having three lead guitarists, rather than value for money, just makes it difficult to know who's the focal point. As the gig went along, however, Richard Fortus became more and more mighty.

Got home at 2:35, so apologies if sounding early-morningish. Before anyone asks, didn't record Thin Lizzy - didn't like them at the time, don't like them now. The sound quality on their set was truly awful, so I doubt a recording would have worked anyway.

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Guns N' Roses - Glasgow, Scotland 25.05.2012

Guns N' Roses
SECC, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Friday 25th May 2012

sony PCM-D50(16bit-48.00kHz) + Church Audio STC-9000 > WAV > PC > equalized and amplified in Audacity > FLAC > MP3

00 pre gig music
01 Chinese Democracy
02 Welcome To The Jungle
03 It's So Easy
04 Mr Brownstone
05 Sorry
06 Rocket Queen
07 Estranged
08 Better
09 Richard Fortus guitar solo
10 Live And Let Die
11 This I Love
12 Motivation
13 Dizzy Reed piano solo
14 Street Of Dreams
15 You Could Be Mine
16 DJ Ashba guitar solo
17 Sweet Child O' Mine
18 Another Brick In The Wall
19 November Rain
20 Glad To Be Here
21 Don't Cry
22 Civil War
23 Knocking On Heaven's Door
24 Nightrain
25 Madagascar
26 Whole Lotta Rosie
27 Patience
28 Paradise City

Comes in around one minute short of 3 hours. The recording is complete, I've left the music at the start on for the build up and you'll hear Axl speak to the crowd right at the very end of the recording when he came back on stage. I got the recording levels bang on from the start, and there is minimal crowd chat, some but nothing too bad overall. Aside from the tracks with the explosions causing me a few post production difficulties, I'm really happy with the final outcome!

Tufty - May 2012

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Europe - Wroclaw, Poland 01.05.2012

EUROPE

Thanks Jimi Festival
Wyspa Slodowa
Wroclaw, Poland
1st May 2012

Source: audience Zoom H2 Recording
Taped by: Krus
Transferred by: Krus

Zoom H2 > 16/44 > Internal Mics Rear 120 > Gold Wave Editor Pro > Easy CD-DA Extractor > Flac Level 5 > MP3

No remastering ! But I removed some silence parts between the songs, as my neighbours talked too much. World premiere show of Europe's brand new album "Bag Of Bones". Enjoy it and support the artists !!

Quality: very good

Setlist:

01 Riches to Rags
02 Not Supposed to Sing the Blues
03 Firebox
04 Superstitious
05 Scream of Anger
06 No Stone Unturned
07 Demon Head
08 Let the Good Times Rock
09 Seventh Sign
10 Little Wing
11 Love Is Not the Enemy
12 Girl From Lebanon
13 Carrie
14 Start from the Dark
15 The Beast
16 Rock the Night
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17 Last Look at Eden
18 The Final Countdown

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Down - Houston, TX 26.05.2012

Down
5-26-2012
Houston, Tx
Warehouse Live

Taper: Praiseofdeath
Lineage: Zoom H1 @24/96
Transfer: 16gb SD Card > WAVE > Adobe Audition > Flac > MP3

Audio lineage:

Video Lineage: Sony DCR-SR68 > Internal HD > Adobe Premiere Pro/video_ts

Full Setlist


1. Intro_Hail the Leaf
2. Lysergik Funeral Procesion
3. Lifer
4. A Jam for Houston
5. Pillars of Eternity
6. Underneath Everything
7. Losing All
8. Ghosts Along The Mississippi
9. New Orleans is a Dying Whore
10. Temptation's Wings
11. Eyes of the South (Phil Talk intro)
12. Eyes of the South
13. The Misfortune Teller
End of set not taped

Notes:Since I have been baned at Dime I have asked for this audio to be shared here.
B/B+ instruments and vocals are distinct and clear, but there is a bit of crowd noise.
Although it was a crazy night, this recording came out great given the circumstances. I am bumped into several times by moshers, but the quality is pretty much consistent. Before Down came on (Specifically during Haarp's set), the police had been trying to break up the mosh pit, but of course ended up being stranded in a circle pit with people slamming the shit out of them from all directions. I saw several People recording, but it was too dark for my camera to pick up. Anyway, Phil was in a great mood and the band came with a lot of energy. The video that I recorded will be up soon.
The 'Marzi Montazeri' that Phil mentions at the beginning of eyes of the south, is a local guitar player whom Phil has chosen for his forthcoming solo album (and a former member of Superjoint Ritual). I actually bought my guitar from Marzi at Guitar Center westheimer when he worked there, so needless to say, I'm excited to see how this turns out.

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Black Sabbath - Birmingham, England 19.05.2012

Black Sabbath
2012-05-19 -O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK
audience (excelent quality)

line up
Ozzy Osbourne - vocals
Tony Iommi - guitar
Geezer Butler - bass
Tommy Clufetos - drums

Disc 1
01 Intro
02 Into the Void
03 Under the Sun
04 Snowblind
05 War Pigs
06 Wheels of Confusion
07 Electric Funeral
08 Black Sabbath
09 The Wizard

Disc 2
01 Behind the Wall of Sleep
02 N.I.B.
03 Fairies Wear Boots
04 Tomorrow's Dream
05 Sweet Leaf
06 Symptom of the Universe
07 Drum Solo
08 Iron Man
09 Dirty Women
10 Children of the Grave
11 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
12 Paranoid

Notes:
In preparation for their hugely anticipated headline performance at this year's Download Festival, Black Sabbath announced an intimate homecoming show at O2 Academy Birmingham. This was also a charity fund raiser for "Help For Heroes". The venue was packed with a sold out 3000 capacity crowd.

This was Black Sabbath's first performance in their hometown for 11 years — and their first concert since 2005. We had three-quarters of the legendary original lineup. Tommy Clufetos, a member of Ozzy's solo band, is filling in for Bill Ward, who is sitting out the group's reunion shows due to contractual disputes with his bandmates.

Tony looked well after his recent diagnosis with lymphoma - Ozzy proclaimed him "the Iron Man!"

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Axel Rudi Pell - Bochum, Germany 06.05.2012

Pell, Axel Rudi

Bochum, Zeche, Germany

May 6th, 2012

Setlist

01 The Guillotine Suite (Intro)
02 Ghost In The Black
03 Strong As A Rock
04 Crew Introduction
05 Before I Die
06 Medley
- The Masquerade Ball
- Casbah
- Dreaming Dead
- Whole Lotta Love
07 Drum Solo
08 Can Can
09 Mystica - Mistreated - Mystica
10 Circle Of The Oath
11 Oceans Of Time
12 Fool Fool
13 Keyboard Solo
14 Carousel - Jam (Band Introduction)

Encore:
15 Awards
16 Tear Down The Walls
17 Nasty Reputation
18 Rock The Nation
19 Outro


Line Up:
Johnny Gioeli – Lead Vocals
Axel Rudi Pell – Guitar
Volker Krawczak – Bass
Ferdy Doernberg – Keyboards
Mike Terrana – Drums

SONY ECM-CS10>ZOOM H2>Audacity(max. amplification + track splitting)>FLAC>MP3

This recording is for free trade only, never sell!
Support the artists, go to their shows and buy their official releases!

Cheers & rock on!
\,,/(-_-)\,,/
Catweazle

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Van Halen - St. Louis, MO 29.04.2012

Van Halen
2012-04-29
Scottrade Center
St. Louis, Missouri

Blue Microphones Mikey 2.0 iPod Recording Microphone
44.1/16 Wave

Section B, Row 23 DFC on the floor.

Sound Forge 10, with gain boost, no EQ

Recorded by JohnnyC3

Set List:

01 Unchained
02 Runnin' With the Devil
03 She's the Woman
04 The Full Bug
05 Tattoo
06 Everybody Wants Some!
07 Somebody Get Me a Doctor
08 China Town
09 Hear About It Later
10 Oh, Pretty Woman
11 Alex's Drum Solo
12 You Really Got Me
13 The Trouble with Never
14 Dance the Night Away
15 I'll Wait
16 Hot For Teacher
17 Women in Love
18 Outta Love Again
19 Beautiful Girls
20 Ice Cream Man
21 Panama
22 Eddie's Guitar Solo - Eruption
23 Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
24 Jump

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